Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767after Andreas Nilson, active 1724
Title:
Das Pharao Spiel
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (31.8 × 41 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Larva cave fortuna tibi mutabilis errat, | Ancipiti ludo disce referre pedem. | Nam multorum equidem numorum quoeris | Fahentem at chartam perdere cernis opes. | J. E. Nilson invent."; lower center: "DAS PHARO SPIEL."; lower right: "Vermumte Lustbarkeit bey wandelbahrem Gluck! | die Karte wendet sich, verwegner geh zuruck, | du denekst in Eile zwar ein Capital zu ziehen, | Merck wan das blat betrugt, mus GLuck u. Vortheil fliehe. | J. J. Haid sc. et excud. Aug. Vind."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1425
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
women | dance | games | party | nobility | men | leisure | feathers | card games | lace | dice | genre subject | cloaks | coats | ruffs | masks | candles | costume | card table | cards | money | bows | cuffs